Taco Bell: Dude Steals Base In World Series, So Enjoy Your Free Taco

A base was stolen last night in Game 1 of the World Series (yes, it seems that they do still bother to televise baseball after the Red Sox are eliminated,) meaning that everyone in America is eligible to receive a free taco. You have the Tampa Bay Rays and shortstop Jason Bartlett to thank this year. Be sure to send him a note.

Much to our delight, the Curiously Australian President of Taco Bell, Greg Creed, was on hand to make the announcement. We love Greg Creed. He’s so… curiously Australian.

To get your free beef crunch taco, go to any participating Taco Bell from 2pm to 6pm on October 28th. Oh, and if you were wondering (as we were) if the base had to be officially stolen in order to qualify for tacos — it did. There were to be no free tacos awarded for defensive indifference.

I stopped watching after the phillies player fouled off a pitch when a double steal was attempted with 1 our and 1 strike. He should have just stood there, even if the catch had attempted a throw the other person would have stolen a base(unless this is considered a double steal?). If that guy wasn’t willing to sacrifice one strike for everyone in America to receive a taco I didn’t want to waist my time watching!! Luckily this morning I found out I will be getting my taco afterall pheewwww

If an eligible base was stolen during the Games, Taco Bell will make an announcement through selected media channels, including a press release and its Web site (www.tacobell.com), that eligible consumers can obtain their free Crunchy Seasoned Beef Taco on Tuesday, October 28, 2008 (if base is stolen in Games 1-4 on October 22, 23, 25 or 26), OR Monday, November 3, 2008 (if base is stolen in Games 5-7, October 27, 29 or 30), (“Redemption Date”) only. To obtain the Free Taco, consumers must visit any participating Taco BellÂ® restaurant in one of the fifty (50) United States or the District of Columbia between 2:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. (local time) on the Redemption Date only and request a Free Crunchy Seasoned Beef Taco.

i said this last year, but i feel like it’s kind of fraudulent for them to say everybody in america wins a taco. OF COURSE not every living person in america is going to go claim their taco, but just for the sake of argument…

Taco bell’s website says they have “over 5800″ locations in the U.S. let’s call it an even 6000 locations. and let’s say the US has 300 million residents.

so, if 300 million people decided to get a taco in one 4-hour period, that would mean that each location would have to serve 50,000 tacos. They’d have to average 12,500 tacos per hour. If the average taco bell has six cashiers, they’d each have to serve 2,083 tacos per hour, or 34 tacos per minute, or, when you come right down to it, a taco about every two seconds.

Did any of you read the terms and agreements? You can’t get a free taco if the manager believes you’ve done something fraudulent… like receiving a free taco.

Taco Bell restaurant manager reserves the right to deny Free Taco to any person he/she reasonably believes has already received a Free Taco or has engaged in any other fraudulent activity.

Under no circumstances will entrant be permitted to obtain awards for, and participant hereby waives all rights to claim, punitive, incidental, special, consequential, or any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses; (c) all causes of action arising out of or connected with this Promotion or any Free Taco or any advertising, marketing, promotion or publicity materials in connection therewith, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action; and (d) any and all claims, judgments, and award shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, excluding attorneys’ fees and court costs.

By accepting the free taco, you agree to these and other rules. Be aware of the rights you’re giving up accepting that taco. Do not commit taco fraud!

@narq:
So probably a good idea to be sure to wipe the taco and beef debris from around your mouth, thoroughly rinse your mouth with water, and perhaps chew a little gum prior to entering each taco bell for subsequent free tacos.

They really need to co-ordinate better with the people at Dr Pepper, I’m going to have to wait til November to wash the Taco down with a frosty beverage while listening to Guns and Roses. Do you think the Taco will keep til then?

@sir_eccles: If you are listening to Guns & Roses, the taco won’t be the thing you will need help washing down. The local rock station here did a Hanson vs. G&R poll and Hanson got double the votes G&R did. Yes, some people were probably just being asses, but there were a few that really sounded serious about it.

So wait a minute, its just 1 free taco. If within the whole series if 30 bases are stolen, its still just 1 free taco. What a cheap gimmick. It would be worth my wild if it was free taco for every stolen base the day after the game. Heck if they said I had to buy a meal, I would have been game at least once during the week to munch on some taco.